Bailey Bowden Town of Penobscot Alewife Committee Penobscot, ME There has been a lot of activity in the Bagaduce River watershed, including participation in the SEANET project and two fish passage restoration projects supported by NOAA’s Habitat Blueprint. New fishways at Pierce’s and Wight’s Ponds in Penobscot are part of a focus on restoring alewives […]
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Balunkeswar Nayak Assistant Professor of Food Processing School of Food and Agriculture University of Maine John Belding Advanced Manufacturing Center, UMaine Mary Ellen Camire School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Xuan Chen School of Economics, UMaine Jennifer Perry School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Denise Skonberg School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Peter Van Walsum […]
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Brian Beal Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research Demand for mussels in the Northeast exceeds the current domestic supply. In 2015, nine million pounds of live mussels were imported from farms in Canada, especially Prince Edward Island. This represents about half of the U.S. market, and demand is projected to increase by nearly one-third […]
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Amanda Klemmer Assistant Research Professor of Food Web Ecology University of Maine Brain Olsen University of Maine Jessica Muhlin Maine Maritime Academy Aaron Strong University of Maine Hannah Webber Schoodic Institute Coastal ecoystems support two of Maine’s largest economic activities: fishing and tourism. Sustaining both activities into the future depends […]
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Douglas B. Rasher Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Robert Steneck University of Maine Matthew Suskiewicz Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Kelp forests are the primary habitat of Maine’s nearshore waters. As the population of green sea urchins, which eat kelp, has declined, kelp forests are returning to their former glory beneath the surface. This project […]
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Lisa Kerr Gulf of Maine Research Institute Kathy Mills Gulf of Maine Research Institute Andrew Pershing Gulf of Maine Research Institute The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than most of the world oceans. Increasing temperatures are reshaping the ecosystem in ways that are difficult to keep pace with and manage. Species of fish and […]
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Michele LaVigne Bowdoin College Branwen Williams Claremont Colleges Alan Wanamaker Iowa State University David Carlon Bowdoin College Aaron Strong University of Maine Increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing ocean waters to become more acidic, the result of gas exchange at the air-sea interface and chemical reactions in seawater. A more acidic […]
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Joshua Stoll School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Maine’s commercial fishing sector has had a long history of participating in fisheries management. Communication between harvesters and policymakers has been instrumental in the development of rules and regulations that have helped to sustain the region’s coastal fisheries. Fishermen have deep understanding of the natural environment. […]
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Gayle Zydlewski School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Since 2012, Gayle Zydlewski has been leading a team of students and local partners to assess the effects of tidal power development on fish presence, behavior, and distribution, with a goal of informing decisions about the industry’s future in eastern Maine and beyond. However, many factors […]
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Amy Hamilton Vailea Maine Department of Marine Resources West Boothbay Harbor, ME Some species of phytoplankton (microscopic marine algae) can be toxic to humans and wildlife. Excessive growth or “blooms” of these phytoplankton are often called “red tide.” In Maine, species of Alexandrium produce toxins that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, and result in closures of […]
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